Daiwa Dorking match ace and ‘Secret Specimen Angler’ Dave Harpin from Marlow, Bucks with yet more big River Loddon Barbel! A couple of recent evening sessions produced terrific fish of 13lb 8oz and 11lb 7oz, both caught really close in from a weed choked swim. Dave commented on how he… Read more
Author: Jack Reid
Terry Lampard’s Fantastic Common Carp
Dorset’s 7-times Drennan Cup winning ace Terry Lampard with a huge Common Carp from a Southern Stillwater on a very wet day! The fish weighed in at 35lb 14oz and was outwitted by a CC Moore Odyssey XXX cork ball pop-up boilie presented on an ESP size 5 Chod rig…. Read more
Dan Thornett’s Canal Pike
Thanks to young angler Dan Thornett from Essex, who has sent us some of his super recent pike photos, all caught on Drennan 7-strand Trace Wire! This particular fish, from the Heybridge Basin Canal (Blackwater & Chelmer Navigation), weighed 14lb and fell to a Sprat deadbait presented on our 7… Read more
Rory Kingerley’s Big River Perch
Rory Kingerley works at Apollo Angling in Surrey – and ably demonstrated his qualifications in advising how to tackle up and catch big Perch by catching this wonderful 4lb 1oz specimen! Rory won a weekly Drennan cup award for this excellent photograph of the fish. After a couple of hook-pulls… Read more
Theo Theobald gets his hands on a Matchpro Ultralight 15ft!
South Wales specimen angler, author and recent TV Celebrity Terry ‘Theo’ Theobald giving his new Drennan Matchpro Ultralight 15ft a thorough examination! Theo put it to immediate good use, bagging a good chub first time out! The 15ft version of the Matchpro Ultralight has just been launched, and is presently being… Read more
Simon Buckman’s Specimen River Roach
Devoted West Sussex specimen angler Simon Buckman with a cracking photograph of a 2lb 4oz specimen river roach, which helped win him a weekly Drennan Cup award in Angling Times recently. After a spectacular 2011-12 river season, Simon has continued where he left off this year, with more breathtaking Roach,… Read more